ALDER SPORTSWEAR (HOLDINGS) LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

11056690 · ltd · incorporated 2017-11-09

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£895.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

9 officers (8 active, 9 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

37 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £895,000

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£895k

↑ 5.9% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£1.05M	£1.05M
Debtors	£75.4k	£51.9k
Net assets	£895.0k	£845.0k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-09-22
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accounts · AA
2025-01-14
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capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capital
capital · SH02
2025-01-13
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capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capital
capital · SH02
2025-01-13
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capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capital
capital · SH02
2024-08-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-16
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capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capital
capital · SH02
2020-01-16
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capital-alter-shares-reconversion
capital · SH02
2019-08-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-11-15
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address · AD01
2018-10-11
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capital · RP04SH01
2018-04-16
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2018-04-05
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2018-04-05
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2018-03-29
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TREWIN, Sharon Louise appointed
secretary
2018-03-29
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COLWILL, Jane appointed
director
2018-03-29
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HODGETTS, Sarah Anne appointed
director
2018-03-29
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WESTLAKE, Douglas Robert Alan appointed
director
2018-03-29
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WESTLAKE, Margaret Anne appointed
director
2018-03-29
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WESTLAKE, Robert John appointed
director
2018-03-29
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WILLIAMS, Emma Ruth appointed
director
2018-03-29
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WILLIAMS, Geraint David appointed
director
2018-03-29
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KELIHER, James Adam resigned
director
2017-11-09
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Company incorporated
As ALDER SPORTSWEAR (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
2017-11-09
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KELIHER, James Adam appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 89 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 89 years old. Natural succession window is now.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

🔒Co-director network graph

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2017-11-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Alder Farm

Lewdown

Okehampton

Devon

EX20 4PJ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-22

Last: 2025-11-08